A Meta-Analysis of Theme-Based Integrated English Education Effects on English Skills

摘要

This study is to explore the effects of integrated theme and English education. To this end, this study collected 30 studies conducted in elementary school setting satisfying the meta-analysis criteria such as studies being quantitative, experimental or having affective statistical results after searching for the key words of "theme-based", "integrated learning" and "bilingual learning" on the accessible databases such as Riss and Google Scholar. The results of meta-study are as follows: 1) Theme-based integrated English education is more effective in improving English skills than improving affective factors 2) There is no big difference in effect sizes among different graders. 3) Reading and writing skills were more improved that that of listening and speaking. 4) Integrating with knowledge-based subjects were more effective than integrating with skill-based subjects. 5) Game was the most effective teaching method.